Rep. Neil Abercrombie

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 06/26/1938 Birthplace: Buffalo, NY District: represents HI-01 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Unspecified Education: PhD, American Studies, University of Hawaii, 1974 MA, Sociology, University of Hawaii, 1964 BA, Sociology, Union College, 1959. Last elected in 2006 receiving 112,904 (69.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $835,989 (#224) Spent 50% (#437) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 43% (#360) From PACs 52% (#174) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 31 (#176) Total cost $150,098,000 (#108) Received 27 (#197) Total cost $72,307,900 (#137) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 40% left-wing (#320) Predictable 95% (#216) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 866 words (#245) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,733 (#27) Introduced 71 (#237) Debated 17 (#117) Enacted 3 (#220) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement Friends Committee on National Legislation 100% (5/5 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Bae Systems $4,230 $2400000 2008
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Jan Sullivan $14,800 from May 31, 2001 to May 31, 2007 2 David Germroth $13,686 from May 31, 2001 to August 28, 2007 3 Joseph Nicolai $13,000 from March 3, 2001 to May 15, 2007 4 Gary Galiher $12,700 from June 18, 2002 to July 10, 2007 5 Diane Ono $12,700 from May 14, 2001 to July 10, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $120,146 2 Novasol $49,290 3 Retired $44,140 4 Galiher Derobertis Nakamura $38,200 5 University Of Hawaii $36,505 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. Kevin P. Flynn - International Union Of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers $5,000 2 Government Affairs Department - Air Line Pilots Association $5,000 3 Ms. Bridget P. Martin - International Brotherhood Of Boilermakers $5,000 4 Mr. David L. Kolbe - Int'L. Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers $4,600 5 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $4,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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